Soulja Boy’s $55 million birthday gift … to himself
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Rapper Soulja Boy cranked it but good for his 21st birthday this week. He celebrated by springing for a Gulfstream G5 jet, People reports.
The new ride is tricked out with upgrades including “custom Italian leather seats, flat screen TVs, four liquor bars, a customized travertine-tiled floor, a revamped bathroom and Brazilian hardwood cabinets,” People reports, citing a TMZ post.
Total price tag of Air Soulja: $55 million. (Forbes estimated his 2010 earnings at $6 million. Hmm.)
The young artist is throwing himself a birthday bash in Miami tonight, and his guest list includes Sean Kingston, Bow Wow and Dwight Howard.
You’re invited, too! Well, sort of.
If you’d like to join in the Pretty Boy Swag online, you’re welcome to stream the party video from Soulja’s website.
Sorry but watching the party on your computer involves a fee. Can you blame Soulja? He’s got a new plane to pay for, you know.
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com
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140 comments Add your comment
Charlie
July 29th, 2011
5:27 pm
Idiot… save some money pal, it doesn’t last forever.
Ryneberg
July 29th, 2011
5:28 pm
“A fool and his money soon party.”
Gottocalluout
July 29th, 2011
5:29 pm
All I can say WTF?? Highly doubt it’s true and if it happens to be true (slim chance I know) this just goes to show you why young people need to be put on allowance till they are old enough to count that high!!! SMDH!! (Don’t own any of his albums and WILL NOT buy any now or in the future!!!
John Brown
July 29th, 2011
5:30 pm
Is he planning on getting shot(I am totally kidding folks)? Cause he sure needs an uptick in sales to recoup that. Who’s doing his budget? Congress?
RMurph
July 29th, 2011
5:35 pm
“Total price tag of Air Soulja: $55 million. (Forbes estimated his 2010 earnings at $6 million. Hmm.)”
Exactly…
TPULLEY
July 29th, 2011
5:37 pm
everybody jealous cause they cant have a $55million jet..lol..
Catherine
July 29th, 2011
5:41 pm
They don’t learn. Hmm
m_c_zero
July 29th, 2011
5:42 pm
Still ain’t no G6!
DW
July 29th, 2011
5:44 pm
Jealous? More like laughing at an idiot
markie mark
July 29th, 2011
5:45 pm
I think this is the guy Obama had in mind when talking about “corporate jets” a few weeks ago…it useta be cocaine was god’s way of telling you that you were making too much money….who knew it had changed to this?
count_schemula
July 29th, 2011
5:48 pm
Could have spent like $1M in a grant to Morehouse and Spelman to set-up tutoring of high school kids in the “community” by college kids. Or, he could have just grabbed the most baller thing he could, for a few months.
It’s not racism, it’s mind control. He just gave his money to these dudes. Voluntarily.
http://www.gulfstream.com/news/biographies/
Michael
July 29th, 2011
5:50 pm
What a waste of money that you don’t have, and probably will never make!
emack06
July 29th, 2011
5:52 pm
Maybe he plan to use the plan as an investment into an import/export business
emack06
July 29th, 2011
5:52 pm
Maybe he plan to use the plane(sp. correction) as an investment into an import/export business
Kat
July 29th, 2011
5:54 pm
I couldn’t get too far past the first sentence when Jennifer used the term “cranked.” Strikes me as somewhat out of her editorial comfort zone.
RLP
July 29th, 2011
5:55 pm
Got to be a lease. Can he even do that?
Brian powdertown
July 29th, 2011
6:05 pm
Who is this guy he not jay-z or diddy or cube or dre. he must be back in da game.
Brian
July 29th, 2011
6:26 pm
Enjoy now bro…….u will be broke in 10yrs if u keep this kind of spending up!
Kimy
July 29th, 2011
6:29 pm
SAD. SAD.
lol
July 29th, 2011
6:56 pm
***SOUL PLANE*** I’LL BUY A TKT FIRST CLASS!!!!!
M
July 29th, 2011
6:59 pm
Not to say that Hammer’s case wasn’t bad, but the reason he went broke is because at one point he had close to 400 people on his payroll. He was actually trying to help people out. The $55M that this dolt ALLEGEDLY spent on a plane isn’t going to help anyone out.
I really hope this story isn’t true.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY...
July 29th, 2011
7:13 pm
In this economy…u better have a home bought and paid for. No babies mommas. and a catalog full of hits in both the US and abroad. Plane has to be parked, housed, fueled and maintained…not to mention…A PILOT!!! YOU IDIOT!!! Better start a charter service and fast. Rent out to corporate clients asap.
flatsdawg1
July 29th, 2011
7:17 pm
Uhhhh, can you say publicity stunt, I mean I’m sure he’s making big money compared to us regular dudes,but I aint buying all that G6 stuff unless it’s a lease he probably can afford that. He’s had no pub in a couple years so he’s gettin it back out there. Oh yea, I bought a lamborghini last week, watch me cruise down peachtree in dat!
jay
July 29th, 2011
7:24 pm
Hey Soulja Boy. Watch the Vh1 Behind the Music of Mc Hammer, and take notes.
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…Adn if that doesnt help, watch the one with Vanilla Ice.
buzz
July 29th, 2011
7:30 pm
Now just wait – major problems with the IRS and a bankruptcy filing in a few years. Young guys like this need fewer enablers and more business managers/CPAs with the cojones to say “NO”.
tbone
July 29th, 2011
7:32 pm
what a turd…………..
tbone
July 29th, 2011
7:33 pm
hopefully it crashes in the ocean….
Horsetoothedjackass
July 29th, 2011
7:35 pm
I doubt he owns the a/c outright. More than likely, he’s bought a fractional stake in the a/c through a company like NetJets.
zoe
July 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
Oh goody, another rapper who fell out of the stupid tree. Ought we be envious? But America is great. Where else on earth can people without talent make big bucks?
CP's Finest
July 29th, 2011
7:49 pm
Wow $55 milion on a jet!! Now really how much is he going to fly, and the last time I checked the price of fuel is through the sky, I guarantee after 1 year of maintenance and fuel for this expensive jet, he will be selling it or broke. Why does a person need 4 bars in a jet, why not have 1 with all the liquor you can drink, im sure it’s not going to be a line at the bar. I’m not hating just a realist. Why not invest in a nice mansion if you want to blow $55 million? Man this guy had no financial guidance when he made this stupid decision.
kitty
July 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES! Why buy a real jet when you can only afford a Toys R Us toy model?..He’s spending monies he has not even made yet just to impress others….sad..shm….M.C. Hammer and the other losers that have gone through this, please contact the little man and school him!!..smh…….
ATLPeach
July 29th, 2011
8:00 pm
I am sure that in a couple of days it will come out that he LEASED a jet, not bought one. He doesn’t have the income to support such a large purchase. Some people will believe anything!
As for MCHammer jokes, please learn more about this man. He bought a house he shouldn’t have, but he also employed about 100 people to keep them off the street. I really admire what he did, just wish he would’ve made better decisions regarding his home. For the record, he was never broke. He always said that. If you saw his reality show you really got to see how smart this man really is. Even “The Donald” had to file bankruptcy. It happens all the time in business.
HAMMER TIME
July 29th, 2011
8:02 pm
u r young and unwise. bad message sent to our misguided youth
south
July 29th, 2011
8:05 pm
He must be a job creator.
blown
July 29th, 2011
8:05 pm
@blkshepherd – you caught that to? Just dumb as HELLO!
fgfg
July 29th, 2011
8:24 pm
ok he didnt buy a plane he bought a partnership into one, probably a deal where he can use it a few weeks a year
Justsaying
July 29th, 2011
8:33 pm
My sources close to the rapper tells me that he is only renting this luxury jet at roughly $50,000 for his birthday only. Get it!! One Day. There was a $200,000 security deposit required. The rapper and a few of his close friends will take a luxury ride. The plane is being piloted by Marty Colbert and Steven Bilter. Come on people, let put things in perspective, Bill Gates dosen’t own a $55 million dollar jet. Now calm down you idiots!!
Christopher
July 29th, 2011
8:44 pm
The way it works is this: a corporation is formed to purchase and own the plane. The owner then uses an air leasing firm such as NetJets to lease the plane out when not being used by the owner. The owner pays the corporation for his use of the plane, which is usually tax-deductable as a business travel expense. I know several business people who own theirplanes who hav e told me that with the business expense deduction and corporate tax deductions, their use of the plane is pretty much at no cost to themselves.
bronco
July 29th, 2011
8:56 pm
Typical Idiot
tom
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
Now, let us see if he can stay clean and out of jail like many of the other rappers. Have a nice safe ride.
44thstreet
July 29th, 2011
10:00 pm
So stupid how all these guys feel like they just have to have a Rolls or flaunt their money to impress people. How about having a social conscious and teach young urban kids by example that owning and flaunting needless, expensive things (even if it’s just a rental) to impress people is the last thing you need to do to have character as a man? Now it is coming out that he owes the IRS 30 grand . . . and don’t forget his house was foreclosed on just last year.
Calyx
July 29th, 2011
10:11 pm
Just another example of how these entertainers end up losing it all. Hammer, please help him…..
Whatthe?
July 29th, 2011
10:53 pm
All I can say is, it’s his money, he can do with it what he wants. So what if it gets repossessed. At least he got to enjoy it while he had it. You can’t take it with you. If some bank is stupid enough to finance it, then it’s their problem.
CanUSayStupid
July 29th, 2011
10:56 pm
S-Sorry
T- Trifiling
U- Uncecessary
P- Pittiful
I – Idiot
D- Dummy
Nipsie Russell
July 29th, 2011
10:57 pm
A fool and his money…
He will be carhopping at Varsity once his flash has worn off his pan.
godoggo
July 29th, 2011
11:03 pm
As always…..it’s George Bush’s fault : )
I’d love to be the salesman @ Gulfstream in Savannah who knotted the deal…..he’s laughing all the way to the island he just bought himself with the commission….as SB was “swirling” that swizle juice he drinks.
Holler if ya hear me ?
Rodney Dangerfield
July 29th, 2011
11:28 pm
Ahh another flash in the pan artist jump starting the economy. I love it! Thanks Soulja Boy.
blkshepherd
July 29th, 2011
11:43 pm
umm Just a Question..HOW DOES OBAMA FIT INTO THIS TOPIC..a suggestion for you Obama Thumpers..GO KICK ROCKS or back to the sand box your Stuck in. If you dont like Obama thats your Problem. He has Nothing to do with this Fool.
Brent
July 29th, 2011
11:55 pm
Jealous J-E-A-L-O-U-S Try and learn how to spell you idiot. And no I’m not “hatin” either.
GATA
July 30th, 2011
12:40 am
Knowshon Moreno should crash the party. The Blackout against Auburn. The Hedges Were Rocking!